Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1887-07-29
FRIDAY, JULY 80
GRAPHlCS.

/ Give us a breeze
With a little blizzard in it.
Tinsman for Photographs.
Watermelons are becoming
quite plentiful.
The deadly cucumber is as popu-
IS ever.
Unsigned communications are
not published at this Office.
Our storm prophet says rain
from the first to the 9th of August.
We hope it will come sooner.
Our weather prophet says there
Will be plenty of rain from now
till August 9th. We hope he is
correct.
We acknowledge compliment
airy to the Moberly fair, which
commences August 23d and con-
tinues five days.
The 29th Annual fair of the
Scotland county Agricultural and
Mechanical Association will be
held at Memphis, Sept. 9th, It'll,
Sth and 9th, 1887.
John Larkin was up for trial
before Justice Harris Wednesday;
and was convicted of gross lewd-
ness and lascivious conduct. He
wss fined two hundred dollars.
Recently the Foundry at this
place received from the Q. NJ. e. P.
BY, an order for twenty-five tons
of bridge castings. Last Satur-
day evening the order was doubled.
The Doth Annual Exh ibition of
the Shelby county Agric ultural
and Mechanical Association will
be held at the Grounds near Shell
byville, commencing August Goth
and continuing five days.
We call attention in this Graphic
to the card of Samuel Russell.
Mr.. Russell is one of Iowa's most
successful breed RS of fine sheep
and our patrons interested will
find it to their advantage to con-
suit with him.
One of the best pieces of track
on the Wabash Western is that
under the supervision of foreman
John Lee, and extending from
Sublette to Queen City. He has
lately been supplied with new
steel, and ties, and has put the
track in the very best condition.
The fast trains make lightning
time over THE part of the road
with very little Earring.
A very pleasant picnic party
consisting of William Eckert, and
Miss Lily Graham, r. s. Halliday
and Miss NJ. B. SWEET, Mr.. James
Whitacre and Miss Ida FARMLAND,
Mr.. Charles Fowler and Miss
Mollie Riley, j. s. Pool and Misses
Emma Brenneman, Fannie Skin
ner and Mrs. Jas. Eberheart, spent
the day Yesterday, on the banks
of the Charlton.
TIE contract for building the
new school houses was awarded te
P NJ. Smith, of this city fol
s2O,SS0. Work was begun Mon
day morning and the buildings
will be pushed to completion as
rapidly as possible. The contrsct
calls for completion by November
lst or $40 per day forfeit for ever.
day required thereafter to com
plete 1t
Smith, the victim of the stab
bing ARRAY Friday, was taken t:
Centerville. To-, on the cannon ball
Monday morning. A street col
lection was taken up Sunday after
noon, and at night collections we're
taken up In the churches, in all
amounting to about fifty dollars,
to defray funeral expenses and for
the benefit of the widow and chill
dren. The woman has been com.
pletly Frustrated since her hus.
bands death, and it is though
that she viii not recover from the
shock.
There was a lively picnic out il
Hazel creek neighborhood las
Saturday. Three girls, Nancy
Anna and Amanda Tickle, VIII,
liYe In the 'Nation" were there
and for q time their warlike action
gave an uncertain color to the at
mosphere. They went there t
settle an old score with some girl
who had refused to dance on tn,
the same floor with them SOM
time ago. AS only one of thes
girls was there she Jared roughl,
at their hands and was bsdl,
bruised and scratched. The Fickl
girls were placed under arres
sunday, and Tuesday of next wee
will have their trial before Justic
CLARK of Polk township.